All Posts Tagged With: "interest rate"
Dow Zooms Above 9,000 on Eve of Expected Fed Rate Cut
U.S. equities rallied yesterday (Tuesday) as the U.S. Federal Reserve convened for the first day of a two-day meeting of its monetary policy committee.
At the New York close, all three major U.S. indices had sizeable gains:
- The blue-chip Dow Jones Industrial…
Rate cuts trigger inflation fears
Marketwatch
Moming Zohu
The Federal Reserve, European Central Bank and four other central banks lowered interest rates in a coordinated effort to combat world’s deepening financial turmoil.
"Coordinated central bank aggressive interest rate cuts should lead to gold surging in value in…
9Oct2008 | The Real Deal | 0 comments | ContinuedFed Holds Rate Steady in Face of Volatile Markets
Citing balanced threats from weak economic growth and inflation, the U.S. Federal Reserve yesterday (Tuesday) voted to hold the benchmark Federal Funds rate at 2.0%, despite a financial market that has been rocked in recent days by the continued fallout…
17Sep2008 | Money Morning | 0 comments | ContinuedFed Signals Next Move Will be a Hike in Rates, But Timing Remains Uncertain
The next move from the U.S. Federal Reserve will be to increase the Federal Funds rate, although the timing of that hike remains to be decided.
“A number of participants worried about the possibility that core inflation might fail to…
27Aug2008 | Money Morning | 1 comment | ContinuedEscalating Inflation at Home and Abroad Puts Pressure on Central Bankers
Inflation is spreading like wildfire around the globe, and while not every country is hurting as bad as Zimbabwe with its mind-boggling 2.2 million percent inflation, the United States and Europe are definitely still getting scorched by rising prices.
U.S. consumer…
17Jul2008 | Money Morning | 0 comments | ContinuedA Supersized Transfer of Wealth
U.S. markets were closed on Friday…
…Still, the world did not stand still so Americans could enjoy their fireworks and hotdogs.
“Americans are so nice…so positive. I always like going back to the United States.” This was the word from Elizabeth, who just…
8Jul2008 | Daily Reckoning | 0 comments | ContinuedHow to Survive Stagflation – With a Profit in Your Pocket
Increasingly in recent weeks commentators have begun speculating about the dreaded “S-word”- stagflation- and whether or not such a protracted period featuring both high prices and high unemployment would blight the U.S. economy.
The stagflation debate arose anew on Friday…
10Jun2008 | Money Morning | 1 comment | Continued
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